1. GALATIANS
You Are Free!
Dr. Andy Woods

2. Questions Answered Who wrote it? Paul Who was it written to? Galatian
believers
Where was it written from? Syrian Antioch
When was it written? A.D. 49
Why was it written? Counteract the Judiazers teaching sanctifcation by works

3. 3 Phases of Salvation Justification: freedom from sin’s penalty
Sanctification: freedom from sin’s power
Glorification: freedom from sin’s presence

4. Questions Answered
What is inside? Autobiography, doctrine, application
What is it about? Sanctification attained the same way as justification
How does the book apply to daily life? How to be holy

5. Introduction (Gal 1:1-10) Greeting (Gal 1:1-2) Gospel (Gal 1:3-5)
Denunciation (Gal 1:6-10)

6. Why Ws It Written? Occasion
Ad hominem attack against Paul
Acts 1:21-22
Apostleship (1 Cor 15:8-9)

7. Paul Defends His Apostleship (Gal 1:11—2:21)
Independence (Gal 1:11-24)
Interdependence (Gal 2:1-10)
Rebuke of a lead apostle (Gal 2:11-21)

8. Independence (Gal 1:11-24) Thesis (Gal 1:11-12)
Before conversion (Gal 1:13-14)
Conversion (Gal 1:15-16a)
After conversion (Gal 1:16b-24)

9. Outline (Gal 2:1-10) Paul’s coming (1) Paul’s concern (2)
Paul’s companion (3)
Paul’s conviction (4-5)
Paul’s commission (6-9)
Paul’s commendation (10)

10. Paul’s Coming (Gal 2:1) Paul’s Ministry in Antioch (Acts 11:25-26)
Paul, Barnabas, Titus
bring famine relief to Jerusalem (Acts 11:27-30)

11. Paul’s Concern (Gal 2:2) Paul was not concerned:
the Jerusalem apostle’s
would disapprove of his message
Paul was concerned:
his critics would say that he had no fellowship with the Jerusalem apostles due to Paul’s false gospel

12. Paul’s Companion (Gal 2:3)
Titus: a Gentile
Circumcision: rite by which a
Gentile male became an OT proselyte
Judaizers: justification/sanctification
through submission to the Law
Apostles: did not compel Titus to be circumscribed

13. Paul’s Conviction (Gal 2:4-5)
Judaizers in Jerusalem: bondage (4)
Paul’s response: no compromise (5)

14. Paul’s Commission (Gal 2:6-9)
Apostles:
contributed nothing
to Paul’s doctrine (6)
recognized Paul’s apostleship
was just as legitimate as Peter’s (7-8)
commissioned Paul
to go to the Gentiles (9)

15. From Peter to Paul Peter Paul Heals a man lame from birth (3:1-11)
Heals by shadow (3:15-16)
Heals by handkerchief (19:11-12)
Success is a cause of jealousy (5:17)
Success is a cause of jealousy (13:45)
Confronts a sorcerer (8:9-24)
Confronts a sorcerer (13:6-11)
Raises Dorcas (9:36-41)
Raises Eutychus (20:9-12)
Jailed and miraculously freed (12:3-19)
Jailed and miraculously freed (16:25-34)

16. Paul’s Commission (Gal 2:6-9)
Apostles:
contributed nothing
to Paul’s doctrine (6)
recognized Paul’s
apostleship was just as
legitimate as Peter’s (7-8)
commissioned Paul to go to the Gentiles (9)

17. Paul’s Commendation (Gal 2:10)
Apostles:
Did not change Paul’s doctrine
Only asked Paul to remember the poor

18. Review (Gal 2:1-10) Paul’s coming (1) Paul’s concern (2)
Paul’s companion (3)
Paul’s conviction (4-5)
Paul’s commission (6-9)
Paul’s commendation (10)

19. Paul Defends His Apostleship (Gal 1:11—2:21)
Independence (Gal 1:11-24)
Interdependence (Gal 2:1-10)
Rebuke of a lead apostle (Gal 2:11-21)